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Sunni Brown’s Ignite Talk at FOO Camp: The Doodle Revolution

[25 Aug 2010 | View Comments | 578 views]
Sunni Brown’s Ignite Talk at FOO Camp: The Doodle Revolution

Here, VizThinker Sunni Brown gives a concise and hilarious presentation on the power of the doodle.

[Event] Storm the Games: Bringing on the Doodle Revolution with Sunni Brown

[25 Aug 2010 | View Comments | 346 views]
[Event] Storm the Games: Bringing on the Doodle Revolution with Sunni Brown

“Place a pencil and pad near the telephone of any human of more than primeval intelligence and the bet is ten to one that he’ll doodle during his next telephone call.” So said Steven Arundel, author of Everybody’s Pixillated, in …

[Books] Visual Meetings by David Sibbet

[9 Aug 2010 | View Comments | 1,371 views]
[Books] Visual Meetings by David Sibbet

David Sibbet is one of the leading minds in the visual thinking & facilitation industry, and when David has a new book or product, it’s worth stopping to take notice. His organization, The Grove, is not only a great consultancy …

Sunni Brown and the Doodle Revolution: a TEDx talk

[14 May 2010 | View Comments | 4,191 views]
Sunni Brown and the Doodle Revolution: a TEDx talk

Recently, VizThinker Sunni Brown gave a talk as part of a TEDx event held at the University of Texas at Austin – centered on the topic of visual note-taking, Sunni laid out the case for why incorporating visuals into one’s …

Visual Note-taking 101 at SXSW ’10

[10 May 2010 | View Comments | 4,394 views]
Visual Note-taking 101 at SXSW ’10

The crew from our most popular VizThinkU webinar to date, Visual Note-taking 101, took their show on the road a few months ago with a session at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Recently, the conference organizers released an audio podcast of the session – which was great, but not all that useful for a session discussing visual thinking and sketch noting ideas. Thankfully, Austin Kleon, took the time to gather slides and images from the session and has added a visuals to the Audio.

Click through to check out the full slidecast here on VizThink.com

Dave Gray on Knowledge Games at “Interaction 10″

[2 Mar 2010 | View Comments | 1,778 views]
Dave Gray on Knowledge Games at “Interaction 10″

As some of you know Dave Gray, a founding member of VizThink, has been working on his new book “Knowledge Games: The Visual Thinking Playbook” along with co-authors Sunni Brown (VizThink Austin) and James Macanoufo (XPLANE). “We’re moving from an …

The Grove’s David Sibbet on “Visual Meetings”

[25 Feb 2010 | View Comments | 1,544 views]
The Grove’s David Sibbet on “Visual Meetings”

Frequent VizThink contributor, and founder of The Grove International Consultants, David Sibbet recently spoke at TEDxSOMA. In his 10-minute talk entitled “Visual Meetings: A Revolution in Group Productivity” he quickly outlines some of his thoughts and insights gleaned from his …

Karl Gude Shows You How to Draw an Eye

[26 Jan 2010 | View Comments | 1,001 views]
Karl Gude Shows You How to Draw an Eye

With his webinar just an hour away (not too late to register) I thought it’d be fun to share this video that Karl posted about a year ago where he breaks down how to draw an eye (with a broken …

VizThink Austin: Visual Thinking for Writers

[13 Jan 2010 | View Comments | 1,776 views]
VizThink Austin: Visual Thinking for Writers

Sunni Brown in Austin has just let me know about the next Vizthink Austin community event coming up on February 3rd, 2010. They’re lucky enough to count VizThinkU faculty member Austin Kleon as one of their own and he’s graciously agreed to present his Visual Thinking for Writers session for the upcoming session.

“What Should I Visualize?” with Karl Gude

[22 Dec 2009 | View Comments | 3,289 views]
“What Should I Visualize?” with Karl Gude

Following the success of “Drawing & Design”, Karl Gude is back for part 2: “What Should I Visualize?”

Visualizing content in the form of maps, charts, diagrams and a variety of other ways can help people understand complex information. Graphics done well communicate data quickly and precisely. A well-executed diagram gives a much more powerful and memorable experience than a mere verbal description.

During this approximately one hour-long workshop Karl introduces you to some formulas for spotting opportunities where visuals can be effectively used.